Books for Body and Mind

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch it Shape It

This a great book for teaching children how they have the power to change their brains and what challenges are helpful to learning. The book published by Little Pickle Press also has a fantastic website with activities to use along with the book.

Link to lesson plans can be found here

Making a Splash

Available on kindle at amazon, Making a Splash is a simple straight forward story of what happens when children persevere and work towards a goal with a growth mindset. This would be a great book to project on a large screen and discuss as the children make connections of their own.

The Most Magnificent Thing
Do you have children that get frustrated when what they are working on doesn't go as they planned? The Most Magnificent Thing is one girl's journey through the creation process and what techniques and strategies she uses to create her most "magnificent thing".

What is the most important thing? What should I be doing? These are questions that children and adults alike ask. The Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy answers these questions in his engaging and beautifully illustrated book. The story takes a look at focusing on what is here and now, focusing on what is important.

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Identifying Communication Disorders

Identifying communication disorders requires, teachers and parents to work together to share a child’s experiences, past medical history, social situations and home life to benefit the child and understand where his/her needs are and what if any underlying issues my be contributing to learning. Being that communication disorders encompasses such a wide array of problems from language, speech and hearing to articulation and fluency disorders, there is much to look for when trying to identify problems students may be having. Teachers may know the basics of what various disorders are what symptoms students may display, the trick is taking this gathered information to the next level. Resources, money and time both are needed to help teachers help students and parents. Taking the initial steps in the classroom may start the process and may also be all that some students will require however looking beyond the ...

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